# Incident 20140415011839I: Beech K35, Bartlesville, OK, April 15, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 2014, 08:45 local time
- Place: Bartlesville, OK
- Airport: Bartlesville Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7634° N, 96.0112° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BARTLESVILLE MUNI (BVO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7634&lon=-96.0112&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6027E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6027E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech K35 (registry code 1151524, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-k35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH K35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470-C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,060 total, 42 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140415011839I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

THE PILOT STATED AS FOLLOWS-THAT AT 25 MILES OUT HE SWITCHED TO THE RIGHT MAIN TANK. THE PILOT BEGAN PREPARING FOR DECENT TO DESTINATION FROM A CRUISE ALTITUDE OF 7500 FEET. DURING DECENT AT APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE FROM RUNWAY THE ENGINE SPUTTERS AND QUITS, HE TURNS BOOST PUMP ON AND HAS NO RESPONSE, PUSHES THROTTLE FULL FORWARD AND HAS NO RESPONSE. THE PILOT HELD BEST GLIDE TRYING TO MAKE RUNWAY 17 BUT LANDED ON THE GRASS AREA SHORT OF THE THRESHOLD, HIT 5 EA. SHORT APPROACH LIGHTS AND 1 EA. RUNWAY END MARKER LIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED UP ON THE END OF THE RUNWAY WITH NO INJURIES TO ANY OF THE OCCUPANTS.

THE PILOT THEN STATED THAT HE TURNED THE BOOST PUMP ON, IT HESITATES AT 1-2 PSI THEN WENT TO 15 PSI AND ENGINE STARTED NORMALLY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN TAXIED TO PARKING AND AIRPORT MANAGER WAS CONTACTED.

INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE OF 1 EA. PROPELLER BLADE, MINOR SCRAPE TO THE RH SIDE OF NOSE GEAR STRUT HOUSING, DAMAGE TO BELLY SKIN AREAS BETWEEN THE WINGS, LH AND RH AFT EDGES OF WHEELWELLS HAD DAMAGE, LH FLAP OUTBOARD SECTION DAMAGED AND DAMAGE TO THE LOWER SIDE OF RH STABILIZER. VERIFIED FUEL TANK QUANTITIES WERE NOTED AS FOLLOWS-RH MAIN NEAR FULL, LH MAIN JUST BELOW 1/2, LH AUX NEAR EMPTY AND RH AUX NEAR 1/4. NO SIGNIFICANT FINDINGS NOTED AT THIS TIME.

## Other reports on N6027E (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19960621022009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960621022009I), Jun 21, 1996: Beech K35 (N6027E), Omaha, NE, Minor damage. Narrative: on June 21, 1996, approximately 1110 CDT, Beechcraft K35, N6027E, experienced the collapse of the nose landing gear upon turning off Eppley Airfield…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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